Judging Yourself as You Judge Others: Moral Development and Exculpation

Journal of Adult Development

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-12

  Krebs, Dennis L ^a   Laird, Philip G ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exculpation; Moral judgment; Real life; Self serving biases

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032373699     PISSN: 10680667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023000629002     Document Type: Article

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